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 Nov. 29, 1944 PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 502 -504, 51 0-- . 6, 1944 0D_&c B, i9i4 [58 STAT. services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any per- son violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved November 29, 1944. [CHAPTER 503] November 29, 1944 [I. 2031] [Private Law 428] Lt. (T) P. J. Voor- hies. November 29, 1944 [I. 20691 [Private Law 429] Irma S. Sheridan. December 6 1944 [S. 1278] [Private Law 430] Yellow Cab Transit Company. AN ACT For the relief of Lieutenant (T) P. J. Voorhies. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,243.05, to Lieutenant (T) P. J. Voorhies, United States Coast Guard Reserve, of Lafayette, Louisiana, as agent for Lafayette Flotilla and Iberia Flotilla, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as reim- bursement for certain building facilities used in connection with the Louisiana Gulf Coast Guard Auxiliary headquarters and for material and passenger transportation expenditures during the years 1942 and 1943: Provided,That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved November 29, 1944. [CHAPTER 504] AN ACT For the relief of Irma S. Sheridan, postmaster at Rockville, Oregon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the General Accounting Office is hereby authorized and directed to credit the account of Irma S. Sheridan, postmaster at Rockville, Oregon, in the sum of $150, representing the amount in which the postmaster's account was disallowed because, through a misunderstanding, the postmaster was authorized to employ the assistant postmaster upon a mail- messenger route at the rate of $450 per annum although the Act of June 3, 1924 (43 Stat. 356; 39 U. S . C . 579), limits the compensation which may be paid to postmasters, assistant postmasters, and clerks of post offices of the third and fourth classes to $300 in any one year for contract mail-messenger service, it being established that the route is a very difficult one upon which the services of a mail messenger have been exceedingly hard to obtain. Approved November 29, 1944. [CHAPTER 510] AN ACT For the relief of Yellow Cab Transit Company and Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unted States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money 1044

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